Tags: Martial Artist.
Saitō Satoshi (齋藤 聰 March 24 1922 – March 16 2014) was the 5th Generation Sōke of Negishi-ryū a classical Japanese warrior tradition and the nation’s last surviving specialist school of Shurikenjutsu. From 1997 to 2014 Saitō served as the elected President of the Nihon Kobudō Shinkōkai (est. 1935) Japan’s oldest classical martial arts association. In addition Saitō was the 6th generation head of Shirai-ryū shurikenjutsu and the 15th Sōke of Kuwana Han-den Yamamoto-ryū Iaijutsu.
